Chapter 4 Deliberate Revenge
Baiyujing, Tianxuan Sect, the number one sect in the world.
Bordering the Xiaoxiang River to the north and the Pinhua Prefecture to the south, it possesses all the elegance and charm of the immortal realm.
The sky is vast and boundless, the azure sky is endless, a single gust of wind can shake a thousand mountains, and celestial mists rise and exhale phoenix marrow.
This was the scene that Su Yunyu saw when she rushed over from the fairy boat.
If it weren't for Xiao Shuying by his side, he would have definitely stopped to appreciate the grandeur.
With important matters at hand, he couldn't care less about wasting time on beautiful scenery and simply took Xiao Shuying back to his Vast Peak.
This Vast Peak is just like the Crystal World on ordinary days. At its highest point is the Northern Underworld Palace where he lives, and below it are the empty disciples' residences.
Su Yunyu settled Xiao Shuying in the disciples' quarters, glanced at his pale face, and was puzzled.
He woke up this morning and was about to stretch unconsciously when he suddenly saw a pale face beside his bed.
It was like seeing a ghost in broad daylight, almost making him choke on his breath.
Once all the drowsiness had been startled away, Su Yunyu realized that the pale "ghost" was Xiao Shuying.
His eyes were slightly bluish, and his gaze was weak and vacant, as if he hadn't slept all night.
Su Yunyu was about to ask him something, but she sensed that his internal injuries were serious, so she didn't care about anything else and assumed it was just an additional effect of his broken meridians.
So he brought Xiao Shuying to Tianxuan Sect without stopping, settled him on the bed, and took out a Marrow Cleansing Pill from his spatial storage.
Although this pill cannot restore the meridians, it is enough to heal internal injuries and wash away some useless fragments of the meridians inside Xiao Shuying.
After all, to heal the meridians, it is only necessary to repair the main meridians. As for those that are too broken to be put back together, it is better to expel them.
"Eat this," Su Yunyu placed the pill in Xiao Shuying's hand, instructing him sparingly.
"It will benefit your meridians. I'll go see the sect leader."
Although he was the sect leader, he didn't manage affairs because of his cold nature. Therefore, all the management of the Tianxuan Sect was handled by the sect leader, Wenren Li.
Having said that, he flicked his sleeve, his white robe fluttering as he gracefully departed.
Xiao Shuying looked down at the pill in her palm, then brought it to her nose and sniffed it. It was a Marrow Cleansing Pill, but she wasn't sure if it was poisonous.
However, judging from last night's events, Su Yunyu doesn't seem to have any intention of poisoning the medicine.
Moreover, the Marrow Cleansing Pill was indeed beneficial to his meridians, so Xiao Shuying put it in her mouth and swallowed it.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the pill entered the dantian, its medicinal power burned throughout the body like a blazing fire.
The burning sensation intensified, affecting every part of the body, from the skin to the internal organs.
The pain was so intense that Xiao Shuying immediately doubted whether the medicine was indeed the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
But soon he didn't even have the energy to doubt, the pain was like a tidal wave, crashing down on him.
At first, Xiao Shuying was just curled up on the bed in pain, but now she had lost consciousness. She fell off the bed repeatedly and crashed into the tall golden wooden table next to her, causing the vase on the table to fall to the ground and shatter.
A thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, and her lower lip was bitten until it bled. In her fragmented consciousness, Xiao Shuying was convinced that Su Yunyu had poisoned her this time.
Everything was pitch black before his eyes. His fingers trembled as he gripped the ground, leaving bloody marks. He hated that this life was not over yet.
In his next life, he will surely avenge this excruciating pain and the agony of broken bones!
Just as consciousness was about to fade, footsteps sounded outside, and a disciple pushed open the door and walked in—
When she recovered from the excruciating pain, Xiao Shuying opened her eyes, still somewhat dazed. She looked around and found some things familiar.
Wait, why is he still in the disciples' quarters?
He wasn't poisoned.
"Creak—"
A person walked in from outside. Xiao Shuying looked up and saw that the person was dressed as an inner disciple.
The man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he was awake.
"Thankfully, you're alright."
Xiao Shuying had just woken up, and her five senses were still in a state of confusion, so she didn't hear what he said. She was just immersed in the belated realization that she was still alive.
"What... happened to me just now?"
He only realized his voice was hoarse when he opened his mouth, and when he looked inward, he was surprised to find that the small dregs in his meridians had been expelled.
The disciple scratched his head when he heard the question:
"I don't know either. I just channeled some spiritual energy into you, otherwise I think you would have fainted from the pain."
"Oh right, I'm here to take you to the sect square. Immortal Venerable Fengchi is going to hold a disciple-acceptance ceremony."
After saying this, the man looked at Xiao Shuying with envy and curiosity, as if wondering how someone with broken meridians could become the disciple of the number one person in the world.
Xiao Shuying ignored his gaze, even taking it for granted, knowing that such gazes would become even more unrestrained in the future.
With Su Yunyu's tacit approval, such envy might turn into jealousy, and jealousy would fuel malice, which would then be a real disaster.
Thinking of this, Xiao Shuying felt even more eager to kill Su Yunyu with her own hands.
Upon arriving at the high platform of the sect square, three pillars rose from the ground, heavy and towering, solemnly engraved with imperial edicts and dragons and phoenixes. Xiao Shuying immediately spotted Su Yunyu standing in the center.
The white jade crown he wore now had two strands of frost trailing behind his hair. When it moved with the wind, his dark hair fluttered lightly, and the white jade accents made him appear even more ethereal and otherworldly.
This caused a group of inner disciples below the platform to yearn for it, but Xiao Shuying felt nauseous just looking at it.
However, it has only a good reputation; its only redeeming quality is its appearance, and it is nothing special.
Su Yunyu, who was standing next to the sect leader at that time, was extremely happy. After so many lifetimes, he could finally enjoy the treatment of being the number one person in the world.
Looking at the admiring gazes of the disciples below the stage, and then at his own dazzling appearance adorned with silver and jade, if it weren't for the presence of others, he would have loved to take a mirror from his spatial storage to admire himself.
In fact, this face is extremely similar to his original face. He even suspects that the author deliberately wrote the character's appearance to look like his own, so even when he looks in the mirror, he doesn't feel any strange sense of being replaced.
Just as he was lost in his euphoria, the system reminded him:
[The arrogant protagonist is here, please stop pretending!]
"..." Su Yunyu curled her lips, then regained her composure and introduced Long Aotian to her senior brother Wenrenli in a very natural manner.
As Xiao Shuying walked over, Su Yunyu noticed that his complexion was even paler than it had been that morning.
Strange, after taking the Marrow Cleansing Pill, shouldn't my internal injuries have healed and I should have some color in my skin?
His entrance, which resembled that of a wandering ghost, made it seem as if he had experienced some kind of calamity.
When Xiao Shuying came in front of her, Su Yunyu took his wrist and probed him with her spiritual energy. Before she could find anything, Xiao Shuying weakly said:
"Master, am I late? I'm sorry, I just fainted from the pain."
"..."
What did he mean by that? What does it mean to faint from pain?
Su Yunyu was still pondering, but Xiao Shuying, after her sarcastic remarks, did not find any guilty look on his face. On the contrary, he had shown a moment of confusion.
Wow, what great acting! You've really convincingly put on an act.
If he hadn't actually fainted from the pain, he would have thought that Su Yunyu was genuinely kind enough to give him the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
Unable to detect anything unusual, Su Yunyu sought help from the system to find out what was going on. After a moment's thought, the system asked:
Did you give me the wrong grade of the Marrow Cleansing Pill?
Su Yunyu thought about it for a moment and realized that it seemed to be true...
Elixirs are divided into nine grades, with the first grade being the lowest and the ninth grade being the highest.
He just remembered that the original owner was a master alchemist, and the pills in the space were at least grade five.
As for Xiao Shuying, his meridians were severed, so he shouldn't take high-grade pills; first or second grade would be better, so...
So the Marrow Cleansing Pill he just gave was a fifth-grade one. No wonder the person fainted from the pain; the power was too great for him to handle.
"..." Su Yunyu, who had finally figured out the key point, felt a little guilty. He grasped Xiao Shuying's wrist, channeled some spiritual energy into his meridians, and then spoke softly:
"I just remembered that you have no cultivation and should not take high-grade pills. This was my oversight."
After saying that, he wanted to take something out of his space to give to Xiao Shuying as compensation, but he found that Xiao Shuying had no cultivation, so nothing would be appropriate. He simply took a fish and bird jade pendant, a defensive magic artifact that could withstand five attacks.
He tied the jade pendant around Xiao Shuying's waist, and after tying it, he said to his senior brother:
"We can begin."
"Alright," said the sect leader, Wenren Li, a gentle and kind person. He had no extraordinary talent, but he possessed the demeanor of a great man. Although he did not look like a sect leader at first glance, his composure made him a force to be reckoned with.
Actually, he doesn't have much of a role here; he's just a witness like the other disciples.
On the high platform were the tea and utensils needed for the apprenticeship ceremony. Su Yunyu lifted the corner of her clothes and sat down gracefully, her back straight as a ruler, waiting for Long Aotian to serve her tea.
Before she arrived, the inner disciple had already informed Xiao Shuying of the proper etiquette for becoming a disciple. It was no different from that of an ordinary family; she simply had to kneel and offer tea.
But Xiao Shuying was not the kind of person who would kneel down and serve tea to Su Yunyu. He wished he could kill her, so how could he tolerate such subservience?
So Xiao Shuying glanced at the teacup on the table that had already been filled with tea, and a plan came to mind.
He then picked up the still-steaming teacup and glanced timidly at Su Yunyu, who was sitting high up.
Then he slowly moved closer, and just as his knees were about to buckle, his arms suddenly trembled—
With a "crack," the celadon porcelain shattered into pieces, accompanied by splashing tea.
The tea was scalding hot, and by sheer coincidence, it spilled all over Su Yunyu's hands, which were resting on her knees.
Unlike cultivators who run their techniques to protect themselves for twelve hours a day, or others who can remain unharmed after being splashed, Su Yunyu's protective spells are only effective for major burns. As a result, he could only feel the pain in his hands as if they were on fire in that instant.
Ouch—it hurts!
The pain was so intense that Su Yunyu almost gritted his teeth and couldn't even maintain his facial expression. Just as his body was about to collapse, the system gave him an electric shock:
[No out-of-character (OOC) allowed, the original owner won't get burned.]
Su Yunyu was now both burned and electrocuted, and she was on the verge of tears.
"...I'm already like this, and you still shock me, waaaaah."
But he didn't dwell on his tears. He took a deep breath and quickly regained his composure, even though his hands were trembling, he still immediately helped Xiao Shuying up.
"Did you get burned?"
Xiao Shuying was slightly taken aback upon hearing this. He stared at Su Yunyu's trembling hand hidden behind her back and confirmed once again that it was he who had been burned, not himself.
So this person's showmanship was far too successful.
Xiao Shuying was still angry, wondering why he hadn't been scalded unconscious so she could comfort him after he almost fainted from the pain.
"I..." Xiao Shuying quickly composed herself, feigning fear, as if Su Yunyu was about to attack her at any moment:
"I'm sorry! Master, I messed up again..."
If this scene appeared in a female-oriented novel, there would be a term to describe it: "white lotus".
Unfortunately, Su Yunyu was a male-oriented editor, and seeing his tearful appearance, she felt complicated and something seemed off.
But I couldn't figure out what was wrong, so I could only endure the pain in my hand and comfort her.
"Don't worry, it's just a cup of tea."
Having said that, he used magic to restore the shattered teacup on the ground to its original state, then placed it back on the table and said to the sect leader:
"Now that the ceremony is complete, I hope that you, senior brother, and the entire sect will not be too concerned about the details."
Wenrenli had no objection and nodded, saying:
"As you say, but..."
As she spoke, she glanced at Xiao Shuying, her gaze filled with doubt, confusion, and a multitude of emotions. Xiao Shuying then darted behind Su Yunyu to hide.
He was utterly fed up with that kind of gaze.
Su Yunyu, thinking he was too timid, pulled him closer behind her like a protective mother would to raise her child, and said to the sect leader with some shame:
"My disciple is too weak; I'm sorry to have made him laugh."
The disciples below the stage thought to themselves, "This isn't just 'extraordinary fetish,' it's practically the epitome of frailty and delicate beauty..."
Who would fall down before even kneeling down to offer tea, and yet the immortal doesn't even pursue the matter? This person is truly blessed.
Regardless of what these people were thinking, Xiao Shuying, who was hiding behind Su Yunyu, glanced at his slightly reddened hands.
These hands, usually so long and fair when wielding swords and casting spells, now resemble white jade adorned with crimson powder, a sight that makes one's heart tremble.
But Xiao Shuying thought that Su Yunyu was probably out of her mind.
Knowing full well that the teacup could be restored with magic, why didn't she cast a spell on her own hand to heal it?
Wait a minute, he realized that this person probably didn't do it on purpose, deliberately trying to make him feel guilty when he saw them.
Unfortunately, he felt no remorse, only regret. A mere burn was nothing compared to what he had experienced before.
However, there will be plenty of time in the future, and Su Yunyu will have her chance.
You will have the opportunity to experience the suffering he once endured.
A thousand times, a hundred times, applied to them.
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